rock crystal : silver : gilding / engraved : gilded
Height
19.00 cm
Diameter
5.00 cm
Description
Lidded beaker engraved with Bacchus and Ceres sitting under flowers; insects on the lid; silver-gilt foot; lid knob is missing.
Provenance
According to the 1764 inventory, the beaker was transferred from the household steward's office to the Kunstkammer by duke Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in January 1739.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1764, fol. 23v, Nr. 136; Inventar 1830, fol. 6r, Nr. 119; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. V, Nr. 76; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck Edelstein Nr. 166
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
